The association of food environment and walkable neighborhood with health indicators

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16181
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clothing life/Dwelling life
• Research Institution: National Center for Global Health and Medicine (2017); The University of Tokyo (2015-2016)
• Principal Investigator: Yamaguchi Miwa 国立研究開発法人国立国際医療研究センター, その他部局等, 研究員 (20721674)
• Research Collaborator: TAKAHASHI Katsuya 農林水産政策研究所, 主任研究員 (20371015)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 食料品アクセス / 高齢者 / 食生活 / 食環境 / 地理情報システム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to investigate the association of a self-reported difficulty of food access, provides the perception of food-store accessibility, with nutrient intake among residents aged 40 years or older in a rural area of Japan. This study found a nutritional balance among men with the difficulty of food access was lower fat and higher carbohydrate than those with non-difficulty of food access.
To the next step, we investigated the association between geographical food access and intake frequencies of vegetables/fruits and meat/fish among community-dwelling older adults living in urban/suburban areas and in rural areas. Residents with unwalkable food access had a significantly higher frequency of vegetables/fruits intake than those with walkable food access in urban/suburban areas.

Free Research Field

栄養疫学